Women's Super League Manager of the Season
Award
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The Women's Super League Manager of the Season is an annual association football award presented to managers in England. It recognises the most outstanding manager in the Women's Super League each season. Below is a list of all the recipients named as WSL manager of the year either at The FA Women's Football Awards (2011–18), by the League Managers Association (2019) or Women's Super League awards (2020–present):
Awarded forThe most outstanding manager in each given Women's Super League season
Sponsored byBarclays
CountryEngland
Presented byWomen's Super League
| Women's Super League Manager of the Season | |
|---|---|
Sonia Bompastor is the current holder of the award. | |
| Awarded for | The most outstanding manager in each given Women's Super League season |
| Sponsored by | Barclays |
| Country | England |
| Presented by | Women's Super League |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Emma Hayes (6) |
| Most team wins | Chelsea (7) |
Winners
| † | Denotes the club was not WSL champion in same season |
Number of wins in brackets.
| Year | Name | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Laura Harvey |
Arsenal | [1] |
| 2012 |  Mark Sampson |
Bristol Academy † | [2] |
| 2013 | Matt Beard |
Liverpool | [3] |
| 2014 | David Parker |
Birmingham City † | [4] |
| 2015 | Emma Hayes |
Chelsea | [5] |
| 2016 | Nick Cushing |
Manchester City | [6] |
| 2017 (Spring Series) | Andy Spence |
Everton † | [7] |
| 2017–18 | Emma Hayes (2) |
Chelsea | [8] |
| 2018–19 |  Joe Montemurro |
Arsenal | [9] |
| 2019–20 | Emma Hayes (3) |
Chelsea | [10] |
| 2020–21 | Emma Hayes (4) |
Chelsea | [11] |
| 2021–22 | Emma Hayes (5) |
Chelsea | [12] |
| 2022–23 | Emma Hayes (6) |
Chelsea | [13] |
| 2023–24 | Matt Beard (2) |
Liverpool † | [14] |
| 2024–25 |  Sonia Bompastor |
Chelsea | [15] |
Multiple awards won by managers
The following table lists the number of awards won by managers who have won the Manager of the Season awards.
Managers in bold are still active in the Women's Super League.
| Awards | Manager | Club(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Emma Hayes |
Chelsea | 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| 2 | Matt Beard |
Liverpool | 2013, 2024 |
| 1 | Laura Harvey |
Arsenal | 2011 |
| Mark Sampson |
Bristol Academy | 2012 | |
| David Parker |
Birmingham City | 2014 | |
| Nick Cushing |
Manchester City | 2016 | |
| Andy Spence |
Everton | 2017 | |
| Joe Montemurro |
Arsenal | 2019 | |
| Sonia Bompastor |
Chelsea | 2025 |
Awards won by nationality
Awards won by club
| Club | Managers | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 2 | 7 |
| Liverpool | 1 | 2 |
| Arsenal | 2 | 2 |
| Birmingham City | 1 | 1 |
| Bristol Academy | 1 | 1 |
| Everton | 1 | 1 |
| Manchester City | 1 | 1 |